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The Top 10 Scholarships for Film School
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After Three Years of Rejection, I Got Into The Two Best Film Schools in The World. Here Are The Five Things I Learned...
So...you’re applying for film school, huh? I mean, that’s just my assumption. Not sure why you would bother reading this otherwise, especially with where we are currently in The Cycle of Applications. These next couple weeks are pretty much when all the major film school programs have their...- Septopus
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How to Make the Most of Film School: Five Things I'm Glad I Did and Five Things I Regret
I loved every minute of going to UCLA for my MFA Screenwriting degree, but two years is a very short amount of time compared to undergraduate or even other graduate programs. I wanted to make the most of my short time in film school, and I’m sure you do too! If you are considering graduate... -
Film School MFA Acceptance Rates, Minimum GPAs, Decision Dates, and more... (UPDATED with 2020 stats)
People often ask "What is the minimum GPA for USC film school?" Or "What is the acceptance rate of NYU film school?" The problem is that Film Schools are often very tight lipped and secret about their acceptance rates and the minimum GPAs that they accept. However thanks to the over 2,700...- Chris W
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Being Creative in Stillness: A Conversation With Nolan Lampson, Film and Television Writing freshman at USC
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Q & A With Adriano Mirchou, LMU Graduate Film Production Student
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Film School MFA Application Deadlines (Updated for 2021)
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After Three Years of Rejection, I Got Into The Two Best Film Schools in The World. Here Are The Five Things I Learned...
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How I chose between NYU Dramatic Writing and AFI Screenwriting.
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When all the noise went away, I asked 'why?' And that was wrong.
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Scrolling past all of my classmates successes on FB (and mostly being OK with it) I came across a post asking for film school advice. 'What should... -
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Boston University - College of Communication (M.F.A. Screenwriting)Screenwriting Program Review by a Second Year StudentCurrent student in the screenwriting MFA program at BU. There’s a lot to love in this program, I think overall it is one of the more underrated...- Cody Young
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Hofstra University - Department of Radio, Television, FilmQuality Facilities, Caring ProfessorsGreat school that prepares you for the New York film and television scene. The facilities are state of the art and the teachers are top notch.- joekgilberto
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Emerson CollegeGo if you have a sizable scholarshipUltimately glad I went, but my overall experience at Emerson felt very lackluster. The courses were good, but nothing really worth sinking almost...
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USC School of Cinematic Arts (BA/BFA)A Journey Most IlluminatingI started my USC adventure as a Theatre major. I quickly discovered that I needed to change paths, and film had always been of interest. I thought...
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London Film School (LFS) - Directing Summer School with Udayan PrasadGreat Filmmaking Intensive, Though PriceyI attended this summer program in 2019. I wanted to try out directing in an environment where I would get feedback on my work and where I could...- llueve
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American Film Institute (AFI) - ProducingHi! I've been following along some applications on the page and I've seen that USC and AFI have already started interviewing. I applied to those...
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American Film Institute (AFI) - ScreenwritingHi! I've been following along some applications on the page and I've seen that USC and AFI have already started interviewing. I applied to those...
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USC Cinematic Arts - Film and Television Production (MFA)Hi! I've been following along some applications on the page and I've seen that USC and AFI have already started interviewing. I applied to those...
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Film Connection Film InstituteHello, Thanks for the review
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NYU - Tisch Goldberg Department of Dramatic WritingWhat if you have no experience with screenplay formatting / using final draft?- Smeist
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USC SCA Film Production - Fall 2021Final Draft SDJ 11.12.20-USC - School of Cinematic Arts Grad School Essay Sherean 11.10.20 .edited PLEASE FORGIVE ME...
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Columbia MFA creative producingYou got Scholarship? That's awesome. FYI the Portfolio Attached checkmark is if the portfolio is included in your Application on this site. (Which...
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Being Creative in Stillness: A Conversation With Nolan Lampson, Film and Television Writing freshman at USCThank you, Chris! Likewise.
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Being Creative in Stillness: A Conversation With Nolan Lampson, Film and Television Writing freshman at USCVery well written! Thanks @Alexa P. ! I hope it helps people!
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Q & A With Juliana Lee White, FSU Graduate Production StudentThanks for dropping a comment! I'm so glad that you enjoyed reading my piece.
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Q & A With Juliana Lee White, FSU Graduate Production StudentFYI she posted an AMA here: https://www.filmschool.org/threads/fsu-mfa-film-production-current-first-year-student-ama.29789/
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Q & A With Juliana Lee White, FSU Graduate Production StudentThis is such a fabulous interview! I loved my interview experience with FSU and felt like I really got a good sense of the program through that...
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When all the noise went away, I asked 'why?' And that was wrong.This is so beautifully written Patrick. I just feel like giving you a tight bear hug. It is so nice to see somebody being frank and open about...
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How I chose between NYU Dramatic Writing and AFI Screenwriting.What a great post. I would like to hire you as my student's personal film school decision coach, LOL. -
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How I chose between NYU Dramatic Writing and AFI Screenwriting.Great post! Very informative and thorough! I'm looking forward to your update while you're at NYU.
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